New research says that a rare solar eclipse in 2471 B.C. may have sparked ancient Egypt's surprising shift away from sun ...

Michael Hoffen, a young author, has made a significant contribution to the understanding of ancient Egyptian culture through his new book, "Be A Scribe! Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt.

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were ...

A 3,600-year-old tomb has been discovered 23 feet below ground in Abydos, Egypt. The burial site includes a limestone chamber ...

and Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Before it was discovered, archaeologists couldn’t read Hieroglyphs or Demotic, but they could read ancient Greek! By comparing the three texts, they could work out how ...

The lengthy document contained Book of the Dead chants (or 'utterances'), which were ancient Egyptian texts copied down and placed in ancient tombs. The scroll was found inside a sarcophagus ...

The burial chamber for the unnamed ruler was found in January in a sacred city where little is known about its ancient ...